Hebrew word · H5711

עָדָה

'adah

Adah

Appears 8 times in 8 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

A woman living at the time before the Flood, first mentioned at Gen.26.34;

daughter of: Elon (H0356); married to Esau (H6215);

mother of: Eliphaz (H0464); also called Basemath (KJV: Bashemath) at Gen.26.34;

Also named: bos.mat (בָּֽשְׂמַת "Basemath" H1315H)

§ Adah = "ornament"

1) the 1st of the 2 wives of Lamech and mother of Jabal and Jubal

2) a Hittitess, 1 of the 3 wives of Esau and mother of Eliphaz

2a) also called 'Bashemath'

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Genesis · 8

  1. Genesis 4:19 עָדָ֔ה [was] Adah

    And Lamech married two women, one named Adah and the other Zillah.

  2. Genesis 4:20 עָדָ֖ה Adah

    Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and raise livestock.

  3. Genesis 4:23 עָדָ֤ה O Adah

    Then Lamech said to his wives: “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; wives of Lamech, listen to my speech. For I have slain a man for wounding me, a young man for striking me.

  4. Genesis 36:2 עָדָ֗ה Adah

    Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah daughter of Elon the Hittite, Oholibamah daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite,

  5. Genesis 36:4 עָדָ֛ה Adah

    And Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, Basemath gave birth to Reuel,

  6. Genesis 36:10 עָדָה֙ Adah

    These are the names of Esau’s sons: Eliphaz son of Esau’s wife Adah, and Reuel son of Esau’s wife Basemath.

  7. Genesis 36:12 עָדָ֖ה Adah

    Additionally, Timna, a concubine of Esau’s son Eliphaz, gave birth to Amalek. These are the grandsons of Esau’s wife Adah.

  8. Genesis 36:16 עָדָֽה׃ Adah

    Korah, Gatam, and Amalek. They are the chiefs of Eliphaz in the land of Edom, and they are the grandsons of Adah.

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